Originally Posted by ChicoG
or have not seen the list of even European only airlines that have gone out of business. Aircraft are not going to be a problem.
- it does not work like that. A/C can only be operated inside an Air Operator's licence. Airlines that have 'gone' no longer have those. Remaining airlines would need to retrain the 'redundant' crews inside their licneces. That takes time and money.
Secondly, to remove ANY doubts, we effectively have a
continual 20 day stoppage by these c/crew. It would be impossible for BA to 'recover' any sort of schedules with a 1 day break. The only way they will operate is with the 'volunteers' and the remaining non- striking crew - and I'm sure that will work well. In my opinion this strike needs to 'come on' in full and matters can come to a head and be properly lanced.